Meanings
adjectivecryptocephaline (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the subfamily Cryptocephalinae or the tribe Cryptocephalini.
I rarely get anything beating Sideroxylon lanuginosum (gum bumelia), but I beat most of the trees that I saw anyway and collected one cryptocephaline chrysomelid and two curculionoids.
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae
Origin
- translingualCryptocephalus
- Englishcryptocephaline
From ultimately translingual Cryptocephalus + -ine.
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APA
cryptocephaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocephaline
MLA
“cryptocephaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocephaline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptocephaline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptocephaline.
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